Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Allen, Willis E.
2. Vernoll.
3. Rosenthal, Leo.
4. Layne, Cecil.
5. Curt Clemons Foto (New York, N.Y.)
6. Layne's Studio (New York, N.Y.)
7. A. Hansen Studio (New York, N.Y.)
8. United Press International.
9. Wide World Photos.
10. Glamour Pix.
11. Associated Press.

Description

1. <10> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w; 26 x 21 cm. or smaller.

Summary

1. Views of attorney, NAACP official and Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall approximately dating between 1930 and 1979. Includes portraits of Marshall in law offices, court-hearings, sitting with other Supreme court officials, receiving checks, sitting on panel at a press conference in church and speaking with officials. People indentified in group portraits with Marshall include Associate Justices Potter Stewart and William O. Douglas, Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, and Associate Justices William J. Brennan Jr., Byron R. White, Lewis F. Powell Jr., Harry A. Blackmun and William H. Rehnquist; Charles Houston, Jr., Mrs. Charles Hamilton Houston and Dean Erwin Griswold; John Davis and Lee Rankin; Mrs Della Givens, Mrs. Ann C. Perry, Mrs. Florence Allan Holmes and Mrs Eva Flauders; Walter White and Rev. J.M. Hinton; and Gwen Baurne and Lavalle Simions. The collection also consist of portraits of Marshall's son and wife. Quarter, half and full-length portraits are available.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.

Subject

1. Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993
2. White, Walter, 1893-1955
3. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
4. African American judges
5. African American lawyers
6. Activists > United States > 1940-1979
7. Courtrooms > United States > 1940-1959
8. Rewards & prizes > United States > 1940-1959
9. Law offices > United States > 1940-1959
10. Public speaking > United States > 1940-1959
11. African Americans > Political activity > 1940-1979
12. Supreme Court justices > United States > 1970-1979
13. Press conferences > United States > 1940-1979

Genre/Form

1. Portrait photographs – 1940-1979.
2. Group portraits – 1940-1979.
3. Silver gelatin photoprints – 1940-1979.

Call number

1. Sc Photo Marshall, Thurgood

Note

1. Title devised by the cataloger.
2. Photographers include Cecil Layne, Curt Clemons and Willis E. Allen
3. Some photographs bear captions.

Terms of use (note)

1. Some photos restricted; permission of photographer required for duplication.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

Title

1. Thurgood Marshall portrait collection [graphic].

Imprint

1. <1940?-1979?>

Terms of use

1. Some photos restricted; permission of photographer required for duplication.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

Local note

1. Negatives available for some images.

Connect to:

1. Request Appointment

Added author

1. Allen, Willis E. Photographer
2. Vernoll. Photographer
3. Rosenthal, Leo. Photographer
4. Layne, Cecil. Photographer
5. Curt Clemons Foto (New York, N.Y.)
6. Layne's Studio (New York, N.Y.)
7. A. Hansen Studio (New York, N.Y.)
8. United Press International.
9. Wide World Photos.
10. Glamour Pix.
11. Associated Press.

Research call number

1. Sc Photo Marshall, Thurgood